# US 10,869,819 B2 · Compositions having a plurality of discrete emulsions > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 10,869,819 B2 - Document ID: US10869819B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 14/061,940 - Filed: 2013-10-24 - Published: 2014-02-13 - Granted: 2020-12-22 - Earliest claimed: 2008-12-03 - Applicants: Avon Products, Inc. - Inventors: Faith A. Corbo; Qi Hong; Anthony D. Gonzalez - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10869819B2 ## CPC - A61K 8/066: {Multiple emulsions, e.g. water-in-oil-in-water} - A61K 8/03: Liquid compositions with two or more distinct layers - A61K 8/06: Emulsions - A61K 8/585: {Organosilicon compounds} - A61K 8/891: saturated, e.g. dimethicone, phenyl trimethicone, C24-C28 methicone or stearyl dimethicone - A61Q 19/00: Preparations for care of the skin - A61K: PREPARATIONS FOR MEDICAL, DENTAL OR TOILETRY PURPOSES (devices or methods specially adapted for bringing pharmaceutical products into particular physical or administering forms A61J3/00; chemical aspects of, or use of materials for deodorisation of air, for disinfection or sterilisation, or for bandages, dressings, absorbent pads or surgical articles A61L; soap compositions C11D) - A61Q: SPECIFIC USE OF COSMETICS OR SIMILAR TOILETRY PREPARATIONS ## Abstract A cosmetic composition comprising a first emulsion and a second emulsion and optionally one or more additional emulsions, each of said two or more emulsions being discretely contained within the composition and comprising an inner phase and an outer phase, each of said two or more emulsions being independently a water-in-oil emulsion, an oil-in-water emulsion, an oil-in-oil emulsion, a polyol-in-oil emulsion, a water-in-silicone emulsion, a silicone-in-water emulsion, or a polyol-in-silicone emulsion in physical contact with at least one other emulsion, at least one of said two or more emulsions being visually distinct from the others, and each of said two or more emulsions as well as said composition being independently both physically and visually stable within the composition for at least six months at ambient temperature. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A cosmetic composition comprising two or more emulsions, wherein each emulsion is discrete and comprises an inner phase and an outer phase, each emulsion is selected from the group consisting of a water-in-silicone emulsion and a polyol-in-silicone emulsion, wherein each emulsion is in physical contact with at least one other emulsion, wherein at least one of the emulsions is visually distinct from the others, each of the emulsions is both physically and visually stable within the composition for at least six months at room temperature, and said composition is visually stable for at least six months at room temperature, wherein each of said emulsions as well as said composition exhibit freeze-thaw stability through at least one freeze-thaw cycle, wherein the second emulsion is suspended within the first emulsion to create avisual pattern, and wherein the outer phase of the emulsion in physical contact with the at least one other emulsion and the outer phase of the at least one other emulsion so-contacted are both silicone. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The composition according to claim 1, wherein each of said emulsions is both physically and visually stable within the composition for at least one year at room temperature, and said composition is visually stable for at least one year at room temperature. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The composition according to claim 1, wherein each of said emulsions as well as said composition exhibit freeze-thaw stability through at least three freeze-thaw cycles. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The composition according to claim 1, wherein the inner phase of said first emulsion comprises from about 25 to 35% by weight water, from about 25 to about 40% by weight humectant, from about 0.01% to about 10% by weight skin functioning/anti-aging ingredients, from about 0.001 to about 2.0% by weight colorants, and about 0.1 to about 5.0% by weightmica. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The composition according to claim 1, wherein the outer phase of said first emulsion comprises from about 1 to 3% UV-absorbers, from about 10 to about 30% by weight silicones, and one or more silicone emulsifiers. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The composition according to claim 1, wherein the inner phase of said second emulsion comprises from about 25 to about 35% by weight water, from about 25 to about 40% by weigh humectant, and from about 0.01 to about 10% by weight skin functioning/anti-aging ingredients. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The composition according to claim 1, wherein the outer phase of said second emulsion comprises from about 1 to about 3% by weight UV-absorbers, from about 10 to about 30% by weight silicones, and one or more silicone emulsifiers. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The composition according to claim 1, wherein refractive indices of both the inner and outer phases of said second emulsion, and optionally those of said one or more additional emulsions, are matched to within 0.0004 units, such that said second emulsion, and optionally said one or more additional emulsions, is transparent and/or iridescent, and such that said first emulsion is visible therethrough. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The composition according to claim 1, wherein each of said emulsions comprises an aqueous phase, wherein the pH of each of said aqueous phases is independently neutral, alkaline, or acidic. ### Claim 10 (depends on 1) The composition according to claim 1 wherein the first emulsion is a clear emulsion and the second emulsion is a colored opaque, colorless opaque, or a colored translucent emulsion. ### Claim 11 (depends on 10) The composition according to claim 10 wherein the pattern is one of striped, marbled, rectilinear, interrupted striped, checkered, speckled, geometric, spotted, ribboned, helical, swirl, textured, grooved, ridged, waved, sinusoidal, spiral, laced, weaved, spotted, beads in predetermined arrangement or tessellated. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) The composition according to claim 11 wherein the pattern is a spiral. ### Claim 13 (depends on 1) The composition according to claim 1 wherein the pH of the first and/or second emulsion is in the range of about 3.5 to about 4.